Baking-pan.



R. S. WOODWORTH.

BAKING PAN.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 16, 1911.

Patented June 11, 1912.

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ROSE S. WOODWORTH, OF CORNISH, OKLAHOMA.

BAKlNG PAN.

Application filed June ,16, 1911.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Rose S. WVoon-wonrrr, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Cornish, in the county of Jefferson and State ofOklahoma, have invented new and useful Improvements in Baking-Pans, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to bake pans or molds for baking cookies,muffins, gems, tea cakes and the like.

The invention has for its object to produce a bake pan in which the moldrings shall be detachably associated with the bottom of the pan in asimple and convenient manner.

A further object of the invention is to produce a bake pan of thecharacter described in which the parts shall be so associated togetherthat thin batter may be used without danger of leakage.

Astill further object of the invention is to produce a device of thecharacter described which will enable the mold rings to be clamped withrelation to the body of the pan.

With these and other ends in view which will readily appear as thenature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in theimproved construction and novel arrangement and combination of partswhich will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed outin the claim.

In the accompanying drawing has been illustrated a simple and preferredform of the invention, it-being, however, understood that no limitationis necessarily made to the 'precise structural details thereinexhibited,

but that changes, alterations and modifications within the scope of theclaim may be resorted to when desired.

In the drawing,-Figure 1 is a top plan view of a bake pan constructed inaccordance with the invent-ion. Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on theline 22 in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional detail view taken on the line33 in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a perspective detail view showing a group of themold rings,

together with a portion of the bottom pan and the fastening means.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by likecharacters of reference.

The bottom pan 1 of the improved device may be beaded along the edges,as shown at 2, to strengthen or reinforce it, and said pan is providedwith a plurality of rows of circular grooves or depressions 3 to receivethe lower edges of the mold rings l. Of the lat- Specification ofLetters Patent. 7

Patented June 11, 1912.

Serial No. 633,454.

ter any desired number may be used, said rings being grouped together inany suitable and convenient manner, and adjacent mold rings may beconnected together by suitable connecting means, such as rivets 5. Thebottom pan is provided at points intermediate each group of four moldrings and equidistantly from each with upstanding tubes 6 which areinteriorly threaded for the reception of set screws 7 having heads 8,whereby they may be conveniently turned and tightened. Each set screwsupports a cruciform clamping member 9, the arms of which are providedwith terminal heads 10 adapted to engage the upper edges of the moldrings which are provided with beveled or canrshaped recesses 11 adaptedto be engaged by said clamping members which by turning the screws withwhich they are as sociated, may be tightened against the upper edges ofthe mold rings, which may be further tightened by rotation of thecruciform clamping members engaging the beveled notches at the upperedges of the mold rings. The terminal heads 10 of the arms of theclamping members 9 are preferably upturned, as shown, so that they willreadily engage and slide over the cam-shaped recesses, and also serve tomore securely hold the mold rings in engagement with the grooves of thebottom pan 1.

It will be readily seen that by the construction herein described, themold rings may be tightly clamped upon the bottom pan, after whichbatter may be placed in said mold rings. After the cakes have beenbaked, a partial rotation of the set screws will loosen the mold ringssufficiently to enable them to be lifted from the bottom pan, so as topermit a knife blade to be intro duced beneath the cakes to loosen themin the event that they should stick to the bottom pan. The bottom pan isprovided with a handle 12 for convenience in manipulation. Thus, it isnot only made possible to very conveniently detach the mold rings fromthe bottom pan and the cakes from the mold rings, but the parts, whenseparated, may be very conveniently and thoroughly washed and kept in aclean and sanitary condition.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

In a bake pan, a bottom pan having a plurality or rows of annulargrooves and upstanding interiorly threaded tubes, one tube beingdisposed intermediate each group of four grooves, mold rings engagingthe In testimony whereof I affix' my signature grooves and havlnglnchned recesses at their 1n presence of tWo wltnesses. upper edges, setscrews engaglng the thread- T ed tubes, and clamping members upon saidset ROSE WOOD ORTH' screws having arms provided with terminal IWitnesses:

heads engaging the inclined recesses at the A. G. JONES,

upper edges of the mold rings. W. W. WOODWORTH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained. for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. G.

